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. 2019 Aug 21;8(4):30. doi: 10.1167/tvst.8.4.30

Table 1.

Baseline Characteristics of STAR Trial Participants by Epilation Status


Epilate
Do Not Epilate
P Value
N
%
n
%
Age 0.024
 Age <40 years 224 22.74 134 28.69
 ≥40 and ≤60 years 492 49.95 228 48.82
 >60 years 269 27.31 105 22.48
Gender <0.002
 Male 192 19.49 139 29.76
 Female 793 80.51 328 70.24
Entropion <0.002
 Mild 458 46.50 352 75.37
 Moderate 352 35.74 65 13.92
 Severe 175 17.77 50 10.71
Trichiasis duration <0.02
 <1 year 8 0.81 22 4.67
 ≥1 and <2 years 53 5.38 43 9.13
 ≥2 years 924 93.81 398 84.50
 Don't know/missing 0 8 1.70
Number of lashes touching the globe
 None 309 31.37 0 0 a
 1–5 292 29.64 230 49.25
 6–9 150 15.23 89 19.06
 More than 10 234 23.76 148 31.69
Number of lashes touching the cornea
 None 364 36.95 58 12.42 a
 1–5 423 42.94 258 55.25
 6–9 83 8.43 46 9.85
 >10 115 11.68 105 22.48
Treatment 0.57
 Tetracycline 333 33.81 151 32.33
 Azithromycin 652 66.19 316 67.67
a

Since epilation can result in no/fewer lashes touching the globe, the numbers in the two groups are not comparable.